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- Aug. 13, 1990: World Notes:The Germanys
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Aug. 13, 1990 Iraq On The March
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 31
- World Notes
- THE GERMANYS
- Speeding Up The Clock
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- <body>
- <p> The headlong rush toward unification picked up still more
- speed last week as East German Prime Minister Lothar de
- Maiziere urged that all-German elections be moved up from Dec.
- 2 to Oct. 14. De Maiziere's appeal came just one day after the
- two Germanys signed a treaty for the first free all-German vote
- in 57 years. De Maiziere explained that October elections would
- encourage West German investment in East Germany's floundering
- economy. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed the
- proposal, which will improve the chances of the Christian
- Democrats, the party of both the Chancellor and De Maiziere,
- since the opposition will have less time to organize.
- </p>
- <p> At the same time, Bonn's Defense Minister announced that
- West German officers would take charge of East German troops
- in a united army. Negotiators from the two Germanys also agreed
- last week that Berlin would be the capital of a unified
- Germany.
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- </body>
- </article>
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